1. Scholarship Application Seminar
Sacred Heart Church
Education Commission's
Scholarship Application Seminar
SACRED HEART MEMBERS ONLY

2. Sacred Heart Education Commission Seminar
Information provided must allow reader to
evaluate the  applicant’s financial need academic promise and community involvement
Seminar Purpose
Preview scholarship application
Know how to prepare any application

3. SACRED HEART MEMBERS ONLY
PLEASE NOTE: INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED DUE TO MISSING REQUIRED INFORMATION AND / OR DOCUMENTS
SACRED HEART MEMBERS ONLY

4. on the Education Commission Website
CHECKLIST
ONLY COMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. PLEASE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE ENCLOSED DOUCUMENTATION BEFORE SUBMISSION.
PLACE A CHECKMARK BY EACH ENCLOSED DOCUMENT 
THREE (3) Reference letters DATED and SIGNED –No More Than Two (2) Years Old
Verification of all income information (e.g. a copy of YOUR / FAMILY HOUSEHOLD
W-2)
Provide copies of official documentation of family financial income
Proof of enrollment or acceptance at the school you will attend.
Provide copy as proof
A letter about your personal goals
Fully completed application form
___________________
Sacred Heart Church
Participation/ Involvement / Volunteer
Transcripts
Helpful Information can be found in Questions & Answers (Q & A) section
on the Education Commission Website

5. Sacred Heart Education Commission Seminar
Strategies
Read application thoroughly
Follow directions
Answer all questions
Submit by deadline date
Clean, legible
Integrity
Recheck/proofread
Make copies of all forms for your personal records
Write an essay that answers to the theme

6. Sacred Heart Education Commission Seminar
Remember, your application should say to the evaluator
The applicant has followed instructions, the application is complete, documentation has been provided and the applicant can be supported
We will examine KEY points of the application

7. Email Addresses reflect positively / negatively on YOU
Personal Information
Legal Name
Date of Birth
address
Telephone Number(s)
Address (Number Street)
City or Town
State
Zip Code
05/12/88
John Francis Rae
aol.com
Hot
Addresses reflect positively / negatively on YOU
4520 West Northend Ave.
Detroit MI
48201
Please attach a letter about your current educational and personal goals. Include any information you believe would help us evaluate your application.
References (current within the last two (2) years)
Please submit three (3) letters of recommendation DATED AND SIGNED with this application. The letters can be included with your application, faxed to (313) , or mailed to Sacred Heart Church, 1000 Eliot, Detroit, MI You should verify all three letters arrive before the application deadline.

8. Past Academic Information
Include information about the last three years. Include earlier information if it will help us evaluate your application. Attach a list if you need more room.
School Name
Address
Dates Attended
Grade Point Average
Michigan State University
123 Main Campus Drive
East Michigan 48923
09/2004 – 06/2007
3.50
Current Academic Information
Please include proof of acceptance or current enrollment at this institution, such as a copy of your student identification card or a copy of your letter of acceptance. If you are currently enrolled, send a transcript of your grades. If you are just starting at this school, send a transcript from the last school you attended. For example, if you are a college freshman, please send a high school transcript.

9. Name of College, University or Vocational School where you plan to use the scholarship
Address (Number Street)
Field of Study (Major)
City or Town
State
Zip Code
Student Status (e.g. freshman)
Sacred Heart Church Community Service
Contributions to your community can include extra-curricular activities or volunteer work. Sacred Heart Organizations involvement/ participation will be given the highest weight. If you need more room, please attach a list of your additional services to the community.
What type of Sacred Heart Community Services activities should be listed?
Community Services should include your participation in Sacred Heart Church Organizations
such as: Administration Commission, African American Focus Play, Altar Servers, Arts
Committee, Bazaar Volunteer, Body & Spirit Dance Adult Ministry, Cancer Support Team,
Choir (Youth / Adult), Christmas Program, Community Affairs, Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance,
Economic Development Commission, Education Commission, Employment Resource
Committee, Faithful Few, Friends of the Bereaved, Friends of the Sick & Shut In, Haiti Committee,
Health Task Force, Inter Faith Golden Circle, Intonjane, Junior Daughters, Junior Knights,
Knights of Peter Claver, Inc., Ladies Auxiliary of St. Peter Claver, Men of Isuthu, Ministers of Faith,
Ministers of Service, Sacred Heart Herald, Social Affairs Commission,
St. Vincent DePaul, Usher Board, Worship Commission, Youth Council, Youth Liturgical Dancers
Note: Other outside community services may be listed but a higher weight will
be given to your participation at Sacred Heart Church.
Sacred Heart Organization / Participation /Involvement
List Dates
Other Community Service
Name of activity or organization
Youth Choir
2007 to present

10. Immediate Family Information
Please indicate the head of the household with an asterisk ‘*’. Family information here is similar to the way it is reported on a W-4. If you are financially independent, you should report only your income. If you are married, have children, or if you are a dependent child you should include income information for your household. If you need more room, please attach the information.
Family Address (Number Street)
Family Size
City or Town
State
Zip Code
Home Telephone Number
Applicant Name
Age
Family Member Names
Relation to applicant
Head (s) of Household
Father 40
John Smith
Mother 38
Anna L. Smith
Sister 14
Barbara Smith
Do Not Use Nicknames

11. Financial Information
Please furnish official substantiation for the income information provided, e.g. copies of a W-2, Social Security statement, Other Statements of Income, Financial Aid applications. Please send copies of your important documents.
Applicant’s Employer
Employer’s Address (Number Street)
City or Town
State
Zip Code
Names of Other Grants, Scholarships or Loans Awarded to Applicant
Amount
Annual Incomes in the Past Year:
Combined
Head of Household
Income
Applicant
Total Household
PELL Grant
$1,000.00
$38,00.00
$8,000.00
$46,000.00

12. As with all official documents remember to Sign and Date
Signature
Today’s Date
Helen J. Jones
05/20/10
Applications, including all supporting documentation, for the scholarships must be returned to Father Thomas by June 30th. If you have any questions about how to fill out this application, please contact Frieda Thorne at (313) or Bonnie Walker at (248) You may Bonnie Walker at

13. Sacred Heart Education Commission Seminar
We will examine a Good and Bad Essay

14. Bad Personal Statement
Sample

15. Bad Personal Statement
My name is Zhane Fullerton. I am applying for the Scared Hart Scholarship. I need this money in order to become a industrial engine. I have been accepted to Oakland County Community College in the fall of I am 18. I need this money because I am in a household with three other siblings planning to go to college. This money will help me to pay for tuition, a new car, gas money, and room and board at the university. I believe if you give me this money I will try my hardest to prove to you that I can make it .

16. Bad Personal Statement
Industrial engines make lots of money and I am ready to do what I have to do in order to earn a lot of money and provide for my parents as my parents have provided for me.

17. Bad Personal Statement
I am struggling with being on my own. The fee for going to OCCC is thousands of dollars. I know that giving me this scholarship will help me with paying the costs of the tuition and them some. With the assistance of my parish family, my mother, and other scholarships, I will be one step closer to achieving my dream.

18. Good Personal Statement
Sample

19. Good Personal Statement
People are often told that education is important. People are told that a person must strive for an education. It is a recent occurrence that people have been told that there is money out there for them. Therefore, I shall seek it. My dream is to become an industrial engineer. Industrial engineers help to shape the future of our society. It is commonly defined that industrial engineers are people that help to make society run more efficiently; they work to eliminate wastes of time, energy, money, resources, and other materials.

20. Good Personal Statement
Our society is bogged down with the ‘red tape’ of government, the ‘red tape’ of policies, and the old standards of doing things. For instance, the oil industry is inefficient. The use of oil from the Middle East is hurting our country. As an industrial engineer, it would be my job to find out how to develop an energy source that can replace oil, is safer than oil, and is more accessible to the country, without depending on foreign suppliers.

21. Good Personal Statement cont.
It is necessary that someone change the status quo to make things better and efficient for the future generations of our society. Being eighteen years old, graduating from high school and going to college I will be on the road to achieve this possible reality.

22. Good Personal Statement
The engineering program at Oakland County Community College is a great program that I am scheduled to be apart of in the fall of With the assistance of my parish family, my mother, and other scholarships, I will be one step closer to achieving my dream.
Thank you for taking the time in reading my application.
Zhane Fullerton

23. What not to Do Do not complete in pencil No stained papers
Do not staple anything
Do not wait until the last minute to fill out the application, IT SHOWS with omitted information and errors

24. Plan ahead
Place papers in a large envelope
Have neat papers
Typed or in black/blue ink
When in doubt ask questions

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Sacred Heart Church
Education Commission
SACRED HEART MEMBERS ONLY